ADVANCED ELECTRONIC DESIGNS LTD

💤Zombieactive
03658965 · ltd · incorporated 1998-10-29
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Oct 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 26120
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 26511SIC 26511
  • 72190Other research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering
  • 74100Specialised design activities
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (75/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 4 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (1 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)
75
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
71 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Oct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Average employees100100

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-31
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  2. 2024-07-26
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  3. 2023-07-30
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  4. 2022-07-08
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  5. 2021-07-29
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  6. 2020-09-14
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  7. 2019-07-30
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  8. 2018-11-05
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  9. 2018-07-26
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  10. 2017-07-31
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  11. 2016-06-23
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  12. 2015-11-02
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  13. 2015-08-01
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  14. 2015-07-30
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  15. 2015-07-15
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    MAYO, Julia resigned
    secretary
  16. 2014-11-14
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  17. 1998-10-31
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    MAYO, Christopher Paul appointed
    director
  18. 1998-10-31
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    MAYO, Julia appointed
    secretary
  19. 1998-10-29
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    Company incorporated
    As ADVANCED ELECTRONIC DESIGNS LTD
  20. 1998-10-29
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    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 1998-10-29
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    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 1998-10-29
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    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 1998-10-29
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    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

93/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 28 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 28 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Christopher Paul Mayo
Individual · British · DOB 02/1962 · age 64
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1998-10-29
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC26120 — SIC 26120

Registered office

Upper Floor
21 Norfolk Road
Horsham
West Sussex
RH12 1BZ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-12
Last: 2025-10-29

Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)

MAYO, Christopher Paul→
director · ~64y · appointed 1998-10-31
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Active
MAYO, Julia→
secretary · appointed 1998-10-31 · resigned 2015-07-15
Resigned
FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1998-10-29 · resigned 1998-10-29
Resigned
FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1998-10-29 · resigned 1998-10-29
Resigned

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Recent filings (71 total)

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2025-11-10
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2025-07-31
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2024-11-01
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2024-07-26
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2023-11-09
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2023-07-30
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2022-11-25
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2022-07-08
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2021-11-02
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2021-07-29
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2020-11-05
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2020-09-14
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-30
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accounts · AA
2019-07-30
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officers · CH01
2018-11-05